Old-age-dependency ratio

In 2024, Romania's old-age-dependency ratio increased by 1.3% compared to 2023, reaching 31.2.

Romania accounts for 92.0% of the EU-27 total of 33.9.

Romania ranks 20th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 11.0% (from 28.1 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00198, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.